| elf | | |
| n. (person) | 1. brownie, elf, gremlin, hob, imp, pixie, pixy | (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous. |
| ~ folklore | the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture. |
| ~ faerie, faery, fairy, fay, sprite | a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers. |
| ~ leprechaun | a mischievous elf in Irish folklore. |
| ~ sandman | an elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. elf, extremely low frequency | below 3 kilohertz. |
| ~ radio frequency | an electromagnetic wave frequency between audio and infrared. |
| ~ electromagnetic spectrum | the entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves. |
| gnome | | |
| n. (person) | 1. dwarf, gnome | a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure. |
| ~ nibelung | (German mythology) any of the race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure hoard that was stolen by Siegfried. |
| ~ faerie, faery, fairy, fay, sprite | a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers. |
| ~ andvari | (Norse mythology) a dwarf who possessed a treasure that was stolen by Loki. |
| n. (communication) | 2. gnome | a short pithy saying expressing a general truth. |
| ~ axiom, maxim | a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits. |
| ~ murphy's law, sod's law | humorous axiom stating that anything that can go wrong will go wrong. |
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